Chaka

Chaka Artist: Chaka Khan
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 093624664048
EAN: 0093624664048
ASIN: B000002KJ5


Release Date: 1998-01-13

Chaka


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Categories | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Tracks:

  1. I'm Every Woman
  2. Love Has Fallen on Me
  3. Roll Me Through the Rushes
  4. Sleep on It
  5. Life Is a Dance
  6. We Got the Love
  7. Some Love
  8. Woman in a Man's World
  9. Message in the Middle of the Bottom
  10. I Was Made to Love Him

Similar Items:

  1. Naughty
  2. What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
  3. Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
  4. I Feel for You
  5. Ask Rufus

Album Description

Chaka's 1978 solo album for Warner Brothers, her first afterleaving Rufus. A top 20 album, it features the Ashford &Simpson-penned top 30 hit 'I'm Every Woman', a cover ofGeorge Benson's 'We Got The Love' and eight other tracks.Brothers Michael & Randy Brecker guest.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars hidden gem.......2006-12-22

R&B is branded with well known names like Aretha, James, Marvin, etc.. But a big brand doesnt allways brings the best, sometimes small hidden gems beat the big brands, just like chaka does....

3 out of 5 stars Chaka by Chaka Khan .......2006-03-20

Great album for it's time but I did not like it as much as I liked it back in the 80's - my music preferences are different now.

5 out of 5 stars A Classic that I should've had years ago!.......2005-08-04

Back in the 70's when singles were the rage, many of my purchases were of the 45 variety and Chaka Khan's hit "I'm Every Woman," along with the follow-up "Life is a Dance," was one of them.

I recently bought the complete first solo effort by the singer and what a great discovery did I make! After being at the forefront of the group Rufus, Khan struck out on her own with a ten-song collection of pop/R & B/jazzy tunes bearing her indominable style. Helmed by legendary producer Arif Mardin, Chaka is strong yet sensitive, passionate yet forceful, sensitive along with seductive, whatever the song calls for.

Highlights, besides the two chart-toppers, are "Love Has Fallen on Me," "Roll Me Through the Rushes," "Some Love," "A Woman in a Man's World," "The Message in the Middle of the Bottom," and a rousing gender-switching remake of Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Him".

If any contemporary singer wants some "diva lessons," then Khan is the professor to give instruction.

5 out of 5 stars When Chaka screams:"I've got it-you know that SHE GOT IT!.......2004-10-09

I bought this album with the expectation that it would not have been as good as her rufus albums-boy was I wrong. Chaka (black panther/primal wailer) Khan, never dissapoints. The whole damn joint is good. "Roll me through the Rushes" is a song that you might consider as a filler at first, until midway, when youal realize this is Chaka at her smoldering best. My favorite is Stevie's "I was made to love Him"; Chaka may have took over ownership from the great Mr. Wonder. I mean her interpretation is raw-soul, raw-emotion, natural talent. Chaka Khan is a soul music martyr, a soul sister who defines the term. Peace and blessings, HOTEP. CHAKA KHAN IS IT!!!

5 out of 5 stars Only Chaka Can Do This!.......2004-05-10

I can't think of anyone else who has ever made an album like
this.Her follow up "Naughty" is more sleekly produced and carried out but in terms of thrills and innovation AND CK's need
to make the public open their minds 'Chaka' is a treat."I'm Every Woman" is an anthem that is the only proper way to open this album while "Love Has Fallen On Me" is a sumpuous soul ballad that's not dissimilar to Areatha Franklins classic late
1960's Atlantic stuff."Sleep On It" and the classic George Benson duet "We Got The Love" mark the precise area where jazz and slick R&B's barrier's began to blur while the Philly soul-like "A Woman In A Man's World" discusses Chaka's place in the
music buisness.Then she rolls out the FOOT STOMPIN' fonk of
the delicious "Life Is A Dance","Some Love" and the DEEPLY
grooving "The Message In The Middle Of The Bottom",the only cut
here that remotely resembles Rufus.She tops things off with a vital cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Lover Her".Her
brilliant,one-of-a-kind sonics (her singing goes WAY beyond vocal) and her impeccable taste in jazz oriented musicians like
Richard Tee,Phil Upchurch,The Breckers,David Sanborn and even
Airto Moreita give this album a distinct air of classiness that
alot of music from this era lacked.Good thing Chaka never dueted
with Airto's wife though;Chaka Khan and Flora Purim singing together on the same album could be dangerous.Too much fire.

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